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I'm glad you asked because they're one of my favorite winged bug-things.

Here's what one looks like..



and they make nests in any little shaded crevice like a porch roof. The nests look like this ..



They look like other, more aggressive wasps but these guys are relatively peaceful. They sting but only when seriously provoked. I was stung by one that was hiding in my shoe after it got trapped in my house and I stuck my foot into my shoe where it was hiding. Much less aggressive than most wasps and they eat almost every other bug. They eat ants and spiders (I love most spiders too, though) and they spend their lives building elaborate nests out of wood bits that they snatch from trees (so their nests are 'paper').

I reluctantly knocked down two of their nests near my window just yesterday. But they're really lovable creatures. They eat mosquitos!

All hail the Paper wasp.

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